Abstracts

IGU Commission Geography of Governance

Workshop

New Challenges of Decentralisation

ABSTRACTS

Registration

Workshop opening

Ilona Pálné Kovács (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary)

Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Portugal)

Plenary session

Pawel Swianiewicz (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Poland): Municipal territorial reforms in Europe of 21st century – the dominant discourse of the reforms

Coffee break

Panel 1 – Theory of decentralisation

Chair: Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Portugal)

Ludmila Malikova (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia): Trends , advantages and disadvantages of decentralization in Slovakia

Ivaldo Lima (Fluminense Federal University, Department of Geography, Brazil): Challenges of territorial governance: concentrated decentralization in Brazil

Mariusz Wiktor Sienkiewicz (Marie Curie Sklodowska University, Faculty of Political Science, Poland): Determinants and effects of the process of decentralization of public administration in Poland - do we need a redefinition of the adopted model?

Anna Trono (University of Salento, Italy): A new governance in the tourism sector in Italy

Lunch

Panel 2 – Dynamism (process) of decentralisation reforms

Chair: Ilona Pálné Kovács (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary)

Carlos Nunes Silva (University of Lisbon, Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, Portugal): Decentralization in Africa: the case of Angola and Mozambique

Iwona Sagan, Jakub H. Szlachetko (University of Gdansk, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Poland): Recentralization processes in Poland: the governmental policy of small steps

Ágnes Simon (University of Pécs, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Hungary): Regionalism, decentralization, regional elections in France

Rassem Khamaisi (University of Haifa, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Israel): Decentralization under siege

Coffee break

Panel 3 – Cities in multi-level governance

Chair: Anna Trono (University of Salento. Italy)

Edit Somlyódyné Pfeil (Széchenyi István University, Kautz Gyula Faculty of Economics, Hungary): New methods of centralisation – The case of the Hungarian self-government system

Bartosz Bartosiewicz, Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała (University of Lodz, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Poland): Towards recentralization – remarks on the institutionalization of cooperation in metropolitan areas in Poland

Ira Bliatka (Institute for Democracy 21, Czech Republic): Revisiting the Urban Renewal - Public Participation nexus: the Case of Euroméditerranée and Marseille’s Marche aux Puces

Dragoș Dragoman (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania): Territorial reform initiatives and failures in Romania: a longitudinal analysis

End of day 1

Joint dinner

Day 2 - 10 May 2019 (Friday)

Panel 4 – Development policy and decentralisation

Chair: László Kákai (University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities, Hungary)

István Finta (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): Decentralization and territorial approach in the European Union's regulation

Łukasz Mikuła (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Poland): Metropolitan spatial planning as a challenge of decentralization in Central Eastern Europe

Boglárka Barsi (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): Possibilities and barriers of smart city development in rural areas – examples from Hungary and Slovakia

Zsuzsanna Zsibók (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): Tackling territorial inequalities through devolution and decentralisation – The case of the United Kingdom around the time of Brexit

Coffee break

Panel 5 – Public policies and decentralisation

Chair: Iwona Sagan (University of Gdansk, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, Poland)

Tamás Vasvári (University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, Hungary): Decentralization and soft budget constraint: How important is the coincidence of beneficiaries and payers?

Leonardo Letelier S., Hector Ormeño C. (University of Chile, Institute of Public Affairs, Chile): Education and Decentralization in Chile. A multilevel analysis

László Kákai (University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities, Hungary): Changes in local public services in Hungary in terms of decentralization

Judit Keller (CERS HAS Institute for Regional Studies, Hungary): The limits of place-based initiatives in (re)centralised regimes

Closing session

Lunch

Post-conference excursion in Pécs downtown and the Zsolnay Quartier